Desperate Houseblog

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By David Stokes | Read Time 1 min

Perhaps Ron Paul really is having an impact. Last night on Desperate Housewives (which my wife was watching while I counted the minutes until we could switch back to the World Series), Lynette announced that she was running for Wisteria Lane Neighborhood Association President as a Libertarian. In fact, much of the story revolved around what level of control neighborhood groups should have over yard fixtures like fountains and tree houses. From a land use/property rights perspective, it was pretty interesting stuff.

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David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from...

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